smear campaign

smear campaign (against someone)

a campaign aimed at damaging someone's reputation by making accusations and spreading rumors. The politician's opponents are engaging in a smear campaign against him. Jack started a smear campaign against Tom so that Tom wouldn't get the manager's job.

smear campaign

An attempt to ruin a reputation by slander or vilification, as in This press agent is well known for starting smear campaigns against her clients' major competitors . This phrase was first recorded in 1938 and uses smear in the sense of "an attempt to discredit" or "slander."

Daily Mail when contacted Jemima to get her statement regarding the allegations, she strenuously denies being involved in any smear campaign , with her spokesman telling that "Jemima is fully supportive of her ex-husband.

ySTANBUL (CyHAN)- The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) on Wednesday demanded the initiation of a parliamentary investigation against former Interior Minister Efkan Ala for malpractice and for assisting criminals by providing fabricated evidence to the pro-government media as part of a smear campaign against the party.

The body charged with investigating complaints against the police has said it cannot investigate claims of a smear campaign against the family of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence because of lack of evidence.

London, Aug 24 (ANI): One of the two women who were behind an alleged smear campaign against the founder of the controversial WikiLeaks website, Julian Assange, has said she supported the rape claim after experiencing unwelcome sexual advances from Assange.

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